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Jersey
Jersey (, ; Jèrriais: Jèrri [ʒɛri]), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (; Jèrriais: Bailliage dé Jèrri), is a British Crown dependency, a possession of the Crown in right of Jersey, off the coast of NormandyFrance. The bailiwick consists of the island of Jersey, along with surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named Les DirouillesLes ÉcréhousLes MinquiersLes Pierres de Lecq, and other reefs. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the thirteenth century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey and the other Channel Islands remained attached to the English crown.

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